npaden
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I've been thinking about how I'm going to have my Wyoming bull mounted and am leaning strongly toward a pedestal mount. I'm not a big fan of the squared off table like bases with a little bit of habitat on them though.
I've been trying to think through some alternatives and the area where I shot my bull had a bunch of deadfall mixed in with some brush and some fairly dark timber. My most vivid memory is of seeing the vitals between a gap in the trees with his head mostly visible on the other side. I would like to recreate that scene to some extent if possible, although I think the pine trees might be difficult to not look like some Christmas tree knock off scene or something.
A couple large logs lag bolted together as the base seems doable, some brushy type habitat seems doable. Maybe a 3 or 4 foot tall section of a pine tree with the bark still on sawed off and sanded smooth on the top as a center type post and then a 5 or 6 foot tall section of pine tree with the bark still on at the back of the mount? Maybe put a few fake pine branches with leaves on them?
Here's the picture from a different post that I think I would want to mimic, just take out the table and replace it with deadfall and a couple vertical pine logs.
EDIT - Found some more pictures of that mount on Taxidermy.net. Here was a really nice one from the front.
I think that exact pose would be great for my bull as his right side is just a tiny bit better than his left side and that is also about the same position he was in when I shot him. I also think it would be really neat to do some measuring and set him as close to the same height he would have been in real life if he was standing as well.
Anyone ever tried to do something like that with some deadfall? Any thoughts on whether it would look decent or not?
Thanks, Nathan
I've been thinking about how I'm going to have my Wyoming bull mounted and am leaning strongly toward a pedestal mount. I'm not a big fan of the squared off table like bases with a little bit of habitat on them though.
I've been trying to think through some alternatives and the area where I shot my bull had a bunch of deadfall mixed in with some brush and some fairly dark timber. My most vivid memory is of seeing the vitals between a gap in the trees with his head mostly visible on the other side. I would like to recreate that scene to some extent if possible, although I think the pine trees might be difficult to not look like some Christmas tree knock off scene or something.
A couple large logs lag bolted together as the base seems doable, some brushy type habitat seems doable. Maybe a 3 or 4 foot tall section of a pine tree with the bark still on sawed off and sanded smooth on the top as a center type post and then a 5 or 6 foot tall section of pine tree with the bark still on at the back of the mount? Maybe put a few fake pine branches with leaves on them?
Here's the picture from a different post that I think I would want to mimic, just take out the table and replace it with deadfall and a couple vertical pine logs.
EDIT - Found some more pictures of that mount on Taxidermy.net. Here was a really nice one from the front.
I think that exact pose would be great for my bull as his right side is just a tiny bit better than his left side and that is also about the same position he was in when I shot him. I also think it would be really neat to do some measuring and set him as close to the same height he would have been in real life if he was standing as well.
Anyone ever tried to do something like that with some deadfall? Any thoughts on whether it would look decent or not?
Thanks, Nathan
